Subject: RE: [xsl] side effect definition From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 15:44:52 -0000 |
> I just want to make sure that I understand what > the term "side effect free" mean. Is my simplistic > understanding, stated below accurate: > > "Assuming no usage of extension functions or elements, > pure XSLT programming is side effect free because it > doesn't maintain global state." -- Gavin I'm not sure that "global state" is any clearer a concept than "side effect", but if you're happy with it then use it. I'd prefer to describe a side-effect-free function as being a function whose only inputs are the values of the arguments plus the Context object, and whose only output is its return value. Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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